Back Ages 4-8 | March Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Ages 4-8  
Romeosaurus and Juliet Rex

MO O'HARA · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Romeosaurus and Juliet Rex come from two very different families.Romeosaurus comes from a family of herbivores.Juliet Rex? Carnivores. Nobody is in too much danger until one evening the two dinosaurs meet at a Dinosaur Ball, where Juliet Rex's family serves a delicious meal of . . . Romeosaurus's...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar

JAMES DEAN · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Pete the Cat meets a super-cool caterpillar in the first Pete the Cat Level 1 I Can Read tale from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator James Dean!Pete thinks he found a new best friend. But when his caterpillar goes missing, Pete has to find out what happened to his new friend....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Sea Monkey & Bob

Aaron Reynolds · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Two delightfully anxious friends learn that they can overcome anything - even gravity - in this humorous and heartwarming picture book from bestselling author Aaron Reynolds and illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi.Bob the puffer fish and his best buddy Sea Monkey may be little but they've got one ocean-sized...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Plants can't sit still

Rebecca E Hirsch · Millbrook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Do plants really move? Absolutely! You might be surprised by all ways plants can move. Plants might not pick up their roots and walk away, but they definitely don't sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move. Whether it's a sunflower, a Venus flytrap, or an exotic...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Got to Get to Bear's

Brian Lies · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Bear never asks for anything. So when a letter arrives for the little chipmunk Izzy, urgently requesting her presence, she can't refuse--even if there is a blizzard on the way! This heartwarming tale of friendship from bestselling author Brian Lies will melt even the chilliest of hearts.Bear...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Light

Grace Hansen · Abdo Kids Jumbo
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

This title will explain what light is and how it travels in waves. It also explains how humans see light with their eyes as color! It is complete with carefully chosen photographs and labeled diagrams to help visual learners. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
Read More check catalog
 
 
15 Things Not To Do With A Puppy

Holly Sterling · Frances Lincoln Children's Bks
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This hilarious follow-up to 15 Things Not to Do with your Granny and 15 Things Not to Do with a Baby has all the warmth and humor of its predecessors, while teaching children how to look after their new, furry, friend. DON'T teach your puppy how to play the trombone or take her to school....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Growing Up on the Playground/Nuestro Patio De Recreo

James Luna · Pinata Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"On Ana's first day of kindergarten, the slide stood like a mountain." The other kids in her class encourage her to glide "down, down, down, to the bottom and her new friends."Young readers will relate to these elementary school children playing outside. In first...
Read More check catalog
 
 
I will not eat you

Adam Lehrhaupt · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! and beloved illustrator Scott Magoon comes a suspenseful and darkly funny new picture book about a creature who resists the urge to eat the animals that wander into his cave ... at least for now!Theodore thinks everything...
Read More check catalog
 
 
April Fools', Mr. Todd!

Megan McDonald · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

It's April Fools' Day - and Judy's birthday - and Mr. Todd has a trick or two of his own planned in the latest Judy Moody tale for newly independent readers.April Fools' Day just happens to be one of Judy Moody's favorite days of the year. And this year she's...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Good Boy

Sergio Ruzzier · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A boy and a dog embark on an out-of-this-world adventure in this whimsical picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Sergio Ruzzier.This is the story of a boy and his dog. Or is it a dog and his boy? Either way, it's a playful story of friendship and adventure!
Read More check catalog
 
 
Slug Days

Sara Leach · Pajama Press
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover

On slug days Lauren feels slow and slimy. She feels like everyone yells at her, and that she has no friends. Today there is a different bus driver; Dan and Sachi are sitting in Lauren's seat on the bus; and Lauren's teacher interrupts her reading time. It is definitely a slug day. But not every...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Great Dictionary Caper

Judy Sierra · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it's up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language.Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah Webster)...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Bundle Up

Jennifer Gordon Sattler · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 22
Format: Board book

Starting with a pair of yellow mittens, a purple hippo prepares to bundle up to go outside and play in the snow. Using humor and visual clues, primary and secondary colors are identified for the toddler set. The third entry in a new board book series by artist Jennifer Sattler (Dirty Birdies...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Where's the Architect: From Pyramids to Skyscrapers. An Architecture Look and Find Book

Susanne Rebscher · Prestel Junior
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This wonderfully illustrated and captivating introduction to the wonders of architecture will have young readers poring over each spread and learning as they go.From the top of China's Great Wall to the base of the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, this journey through the world of architecture...
Read More check catalog